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Modern Life Is Rubbish is the second studio album by the English alternative rock band Blur, released in May 1993. Although their debut album Leisure had been commercially successful, Blur faced a severe media backlash soon after its release, and fell out of public favour. After the group returned from an unsuccessful tour of the United States, poorly received live performances and the rising popularity of rival band Suede further diminished Blur's status in the UK.Under threat of being dropped by Food Records, for their next album Blur underwent an image makeover championed by frontman Damon Albarn. The band incorporated influences from traditional British guitar-pop groups such as the Kinks and the Small Faces, and the resulting sound was melodic and lushly produced, featuring brass, woodwind and backing vocalists. Albarn's lyrics on Modern Life Is Rubbish use "poignant humour and Ray Davies characterisation to investigate the dreams, traditions and prejudices of suburban England", according to writer David Cavanagh.Modern Life Is Rubbish was a moderate chart success in the UK; the album peaked at number 15, while the singles taken from the album charted in the Top 30.

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Britpop at its finest! Every song is catchy & blends well with the rest of the album. It almost tells a story and you wouldn't want to listen to these tracks any other way than from start to finish. It's easy to see how Blur became Britpop icons with this record, and retrospectively it's easy to see the direction that Albarn & co were going with this and their next three studio albums!

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August 20, 2015

Britpop at its finest! Every song is catchy & blends well with the rest of the album. It almost tells a story and you wouldn't want to listen to these tracks any other way than from start to finish. It's easy to see how Blur became Britpop icons with this record, and retrospectively it's easy to see the direction that Albarn & co were going with this and their next three studio albums!